WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A new immunotherapy is now available to treat a rare soft tissue cancer that most frequently occurs in young men. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted accelerated approval to Tecelra (afamitresgene autoleuecel) to treat synovial sarcoma, which most commonly develops inContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — About 14% of women will develop diabetes while pregnant, a condition known as gestational diabetes. It’s linked with obesity and older age, and the number of cases is growing although they usually resolve by the time of delivery. Now, a new study deliversContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — David Lynch, who transformed television and film with series such as “Twin Peaks” and movies like “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive,” announced Monday that he is battling the lung disease emphysema. Lynch, 78 and a former long-time smoker, first spoke about his illnessContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A person’s lifespan appears to be linked to four specific social factors – marriage, gender, education and race. The interplay between those four factors helps explain differences in lifespan between Americans, researchers report. “There is a complex interaction between social and individual determinantsContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Depression can lower a woman’s chances of surviving breast cancer, a new study reports. Women with breast cancer and depression are more than three times as likely to die as women without either condition, researchers found. By comparison, breast cancer patients who aren’tContinue Reading
SATURDAY, Aug. 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As kids and teens prepare to head back to school, parents might not have protecting their child’s lung health on the top of their to-do lists. But experts say it should be. “A new school year often means a new environment for studentsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Experts have long suspected it, but a new study confirms that folks who vape and smoke tobacco face higher risks for lung cancer than if they’d done either alone. “From a public health perspective, we have always been concerned about dual-use of bothContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — It’s long been known that a daily dose of low-dose aspirin helps keep colon cancer at bay. But new research suggests that those who benefit most are folks whose lifestyles up their odds for the disease in the first place. “Our results showContinue Reading
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THURSDAY, Aug. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People who’ve had a history of smoking can get a lung cancer spotted early — when it’s most treatable — through annual CT screening. Unfortunately, most Americans polled in a new survey didn’t know this potentially lifesaving screen exists. “The survey shows thatContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Toxic heavy metals are found naturally worldwide in soils that produce the cocoa bean tree — and those metals are showing up in chocolate, a new report warns. “We all love chocolate but it’s important to indulge with moderation as with other foodsContinue Reading